Broadway Press Day with Ruthie Fierberg
Broadway Press Day with Ruthie Fierberg
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When a new show prepares to open on Broadway, the production typically takes a few hours out of rehearsal to host an event in which the cast and creative team members meet the press. Broadway News is giving you the inside track into the press room. Learn what to expect from new plays and musicals coming to Broadway with host Ruthie Fierberg.
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When a new show prepares to open on Broadway, the production typically takes a few hours out of rehearsal to host an event in which the cast and creative team members meet the press. Broadway News is giving you the inside track into the press room. Learn what to expect from new plays and musicals coming to Broadway with host Ruthie Fierberg.
The interactive solo play “Every Brilliant Thing” has become a famous title around the world. In February 2026, the dramedy makes its Broadway debut, starring Tony Award winner (and forever Harry Potter) Daniel Radcliffe.
Written by Duncan Macmillan with Johnny Donahoe, the play is structured as a list of all of the things worth living for as told by a child whose mother suffers from chronic depression. Radcliffe will play that child, who begins at age seven and ends the play closer to the actor’s actual age.
“Every Brilliant Thing” also involves the audience as helpers in building this list. (Though Radcliffe has an important PSA about audience participation in this episode.)
The play has been produced in over 60 countries. It was captured for HBO. But Macmillan, Radcliffe and co-director Jeremy Herrin tell host Ruthie Fierberg what to expect from this specific Broadway mounting in this episode.
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A Life of Its Own: The Incredible Journey of ‘Every Brilliant Thing’
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